Lac Robberts Fishing Guide, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Robberts in Laurentides, Quebec. Everything around it is taiga. Roughly 52 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. With about 4.4 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Size puts it in the front rank of our Laurentides list. Supplies mean a trip to Ferme-Neuve, 60 km off. It is 197 km to Orléans, the nearest city. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Robberts

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Lac Robberts the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 17°C for July and -16°C for January. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Time your trip to Lac Robberts by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac Xavier sits 2.2 km off and takes the overflow. What applies at Lac Robberts may have changed since it was mapped.